Police: Men robbed, assaulted in Allentown

August 15, 2012|By Manuel Gamiz Jr., Of The Morning Call

Two men were robbed, and one of them was assaulted by a carload of men early Wednesday in Allentown, police said.

Police said the two men, ages 42 and 66, were walking in the area of 14th and Walnut streets at 2:17 a.m. when four men came out of a 4-door, silver or gray car. One of the men pulled a gun on the victims and demanded money, Assistant Chief Joseph Hanna said.

One of the victims, a 66-year-old Allentown man, ran, but was caught by two of the robbers who chased him down and assaulted him, Hanna said. The robbers made off with a wallet, he said.

The suspects were described as two Hispanic males – one described as being tall and skinny – and two black males, both in their 20s, about 6-feet-tall and 200 pounds and both wearing white T-shirts and hats, police said.